Shang Dynasty

The main plan: Shang Dynasty

The earliest written records found about the past than the arrival of China's Shang Dynasty, probably in the 13th century, and took the form of carvings in bone divination records and cengkerang haiwan - what is called oracle bones. Income-income that provides archaeological evidence of the Shang Dynasty kewujudan between about 1600 BC-1046 BC dibahagikan to two sets. The first collection from the time of the earlier Shang (1600-1300 BC kk) derived than sources in Erligang, Zhengzhou, and Shangcheng. The second collection of the Shang or Yin period which comprises a collection of some of magnitude than the oracle bone writing large. Anyang in Henan was approved today as the last capital of the capital nine Shang (1300-1046 BC kk). The existence of 31 people in the Shang Dynasty kings, starting with King Tang to King Zhou, the dynasty is a dynasty, the longest lasting in the history of China.



Experts note states that the Grand History of the Shang Dynasty moved its capital six times. Removal of the last and most important to Yin in 1350 BC produced the glories of the dynasty era. The term 'Yin Dynasty' is a synonym for the Shang dynasty in history, although lately, he has used exclusively to refer to the second half of the Shang Dynasty.

Experts in Chinese history who lived in later eras have been used to the response of the dynasty had inherited a dynasty, but the real political situation in China's early era are known more complicated. By it, as sesetengah reserved by China scholars, the Xia Dynasty and Shang Dynasty may refer to entities-entities that shape contemporary politics, as in the early Zhou Dynasty (Shang heir country) is known to form at the same time with the Shang Dynasty.

Records, written records are found in Anyang Shang kewujudan endorsed. However, Western intellectuals often doubt about the docking between petempatan-petempatan Anyang petempatan contemporary with the Shang dynasty. For example, income in the income of archaeological Sanxingdui imagine technologically advanced civilization that is not the same as Anyang in terms of culture. The evidence that there can not be proved with muktamad about how much natural stretching from Anyang Shang. The hypothesis was that primarily Anyang, which was ruled by the same Shang dynasty in history Rasmi, being together and trade with many who have petempatan various cultures in the area now referred to as China proper.